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But Nora has taken out a secret loan to help her husband recover from an illness, and when the truth emerges the faultlines in their marriage crack wide open.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2012

But this time, with the gallery waiting for Guldahl's game to crack wide open, it did the opposite.

From Time Magazine Archive

The arrival was all I needed to crack wide open in a howling fit of hysteria.

From Highways in Hiding by Smith, George Oliver

A muffled exclamation from Lablet brought them all around to see that distant curving roof crack wide open.

From Star Born by Norton, Andre

No other eleven had stood up so long under Delmar's terrific charging and John Brown's team must crack wide open soon.

From Interference and Other Football Stories by Sherman, Harold Morrow




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